Little League Announces Dates for World Series Tournaments

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (Nov. 24, 2003) – The sites and
dates for the eight World Series tournaments in Little League Baseball and
Softball were announced today by Stephen D. Keener, president and chief
executive officer of Little League Baseball.

For the 58th year, the Little League Baseball
World Series will be played in Williamsport, Pa. The first games will be played
on Friday, Aug. 20, and the tournament will end on Sunday, Aug. 29 with the
world championship for baseball players 11-12 years old.

Williamsport has been the home of Little League
since it was founded there in 1939, and the final game of the tournament is
traditionally on the weekend before the Labor Day weekend. Labor Day in 2004
falls on Sept. 6.

Last August, 26 of 32 games of the 2003 Little
League Baseball World Series were televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC. It was the
first time since the World Series expanded in 2001 from eight teams to 16 that
all teams had at least one game on national television. In 2004, 27 Little
League Baseball World Series games are scheduled to be televised.

“Each year, Little League is blessed with these
high-profile events that allow us to bring the benefits of Little League to
thousands of people locally, and to millions of people worldwide on television,”
Mr. Keener said. “We are looking forward to another outstanding tournament
season in 2004, and to reaching even more people than ever.”

Forty games to be televised
In all, 40 games in Little League Baseball and Softball will be televised
nationally in August 2004.

Three games of the Little
League Softball World Series (for 11-12-year-old girls), will be televised live
on ESPN2 from Portland, Ore. That tournament is set for Aug. 11-19.

The championship game of the Junior League
Baseball World Series (for 13-14-year-olds) will be televised on a tape-delayed
basis on ESPN2. That World Series will be played Aug. Aug. 15-21 in Taylor,
Mich.

The championship game of the Big League Softball
World Series (16-18-year-old girls) will be televised on a tape-delayed basis on
ESPN2. That tournament, played in Kalamazoo, Mich., will be Aug. 16-21.

The other four World Series dates and sites are:
Senior League Baseball (14-16-year-olds), at Bangor, Maine, Aug. 15-21; Big
League Baseball (16-18-year-olds), at Easley, S.C., July 30-Aug. 7; Junior
League Softball (13-14-year-old girls), at Kirkland, Wash., Aug. 15-21; and
Senior League Softball (14-16-year-old girls), at Roxanna, Del., Aug. 15-21. As
of November 2003, these games are not scheduled to be televised. Of all the
World Series tournaments in Little League Baseball and Softball, only the Senior
League Softball World Series is being played at a site different from last year.

For the eighth consecutive year, ESPN2 will again
televise all of the U.S. Regional final games in the Little League Baseball
Division. However, all the championship games will be played on eight nights, as
opposed to two final games for each of four nights.

The Southeastern Region final game (St.
Petersburg, Fla.) is first, on Aug. 7, followed by: the Midwest Region final and
the Great Lakes Region finals (both in Indianapolis) on Aug. 8 and 9,
respectively; the Southwest Region final (Waco, Texas) on Aug. 10; the Northwest
Region final and the West Region final (both in San Bernardino, Calif.) on Aug.
11 and 12, respectively; and the New England Region final and the Mid-Atlantic
Region final (both in Bristol, Conn.) on Aug. 14 and 15, respectively.

Specific times and dates for all televised games
will be announced in June 2004.

Early start for LLB regionals
The Little League Baseball Division regional schedules are being played a few
days earlier than in previous years to avoid conflicts with the 2004 Olympic
Games.

“The Little League Baseball World Series and the
regional tournaments leading up to it have become highly visible public events,”
Mr. Keener said. “It is certainly in everyone’s best interests to ensure that
television viewers around the world will be able to watch both Little League and
the Olympic Games next year.”

Region tournament start dates will vary, but the
slightly earlier dates will not translate to earlier starting dates for district
tournaments (the most basic level in the Little League International
Tournament). In 2004, most district tournaments will begin on or about July 1,
with the earliest date being June 28. (District administrators may request,
however, to start their district tournaments on June 26.)

Little League Baseball is Little League is the
world’s largest organized youth sports program, with nearly 2.7 million baseball
and softball players ages 5-18 in the U.S. and scores of other countries.